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Bob Dylan visits Woody Guthrie

5209 days ago
Guardian Music29 January 1961: Number 19 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of World and Folk musicIn September 1960, Bob Dylan borrowed a copy of Woody Guthrie's autobiography Bound for Glory from a college classmate and became obsessed. Written wi... more info

Blues greats re-emerge from the pages of history

5209 days ago
Guardian Music1963/1964: Number 23 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk musicIn early 1963, an east coast guitar player and fan of the blues called Tom Hoskins found himself poring over an old road atlas, looking for a place called A... more info

Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan Denied London Honour

5210 days ago
ContactMusicFolk legend Bob Dylan has been denied a top accolade in his favourite London neighbourhood after officials decided he doesn't qualify for the honour. The rocker was recently nominated for the Freedom Of Haringey to mark his recent 70th birthday and h... more info

Questionable Choices: Leighton Meester Play-Acts at Folk Singer

5211 days ago
Big Apple Music Scene Leighton Meester is a 25-year-old actress known for portraying a well-bred rich kid from Manhattan and recording saccharine electronic pop music. And yes, she also appeared in Country Strong -- but was it Joni or Joan who said, "One role in a contri... more info

This Week's Interesting DVD Releases - June 14, 2011

5212 days ago
LargeHeartedBoyTwo films get the Criterion Collection films this week, Kon Ichikawa's The Makioka Sisters and Nicolas Roeg's Insignificance Two documentaries are exceptionally appealing in the list. Vanishing of the Bees explores depleting populations of honeybees ... more info

Seven Ages of Rock: Episode 1 - The Birth of Rock (BBC Rockumentary)

5212 days ago
Totally Fuzzy The rock revolution of the 1960's seen through the life and music of Jimi Hendrix. The first doomed icon of rock, Hendrix was the synthesis of everything that had gone before him and all that was to come. The Birth Of Rock also explores the infl... more info

Bob Dylan is is accused of being a 'Judas'

5213 days ago
Guardian Music17 May 1966: Number 10 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicLooking back, the rage at Bob Dylan's abandonment of political songwriting in favour of performing with a Fender Stratocaster and a rock'n'roll backing band seems u... more info

Vaughan Williams is top of the Discs

5213 days ago
Scotsman.comTHE Beatles, Bob Dylan and Beethoven were among the most popular artists chosen by the public when they were invited to compile their own Desert Island Discs. more info

Woodstock invents the mega-festival

5213 days ago
Guardian Music15-17 August 1969: Number 18 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicJust as the Glastonbury festival doesn't actually take place in Glastonbury, Woodstock didn't happen in Woodstock, either. The festival in Bethel, New York, ... more info

Bob Dylan begins his 'never-ending' tour

5213 days ago
Guardian Music7 June 1988: Number 41 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock music There wasn't anything special about Bob Dylan's show in Concord, California – until it became apparent, years later, that it had been the first stop on a touring... more info

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